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2010 Game Thread Knicks v. Bucks

After a tough loss to one of the better young teams in the Western Conference, the new look Knicks take on the Bucks at MSG. Of interest is how McGrady’s knee is holding up. He looked pretty winded at the end of the last game and had his knee iced before the game was over. I hope he isnt pushing too hard.

The Knicks can win this game with a better rebounding and defensive performance. Hopefully Chandler and Harrington can shake off the doldrums. Hopefully, Mcgrady wont push Gallinari further into the offfensive background. The team really needs to start setting plays for him.

You know as much as this is an audition for McGrady and a showcase for what an talented wing player can do in this system, it’s also an audition for how Lee interacts with a talented wing player — how he plays second fiddle as it were.

As much as I love David Lee, please try to sign LBJ and Bosh. Even if Lee can not be signed, this would be the tandem. Also, any possibility to package either Chandler/Gallo with Curry’s contract to get more space? They are both decent players, but not worth (IMO) the cap space, if you could deal Curry. If Curry’s contract was shed, would it be possible to sign a top shelf FA guard? I guess what I’m saying is that I really don’t see any definite keepers on this team, even Lee.

Gallo has been pretty mediocre recently. Getting a little tired of excusing his play.

NBA broadband was having trouble tonight, so I couldn’t watch beyond when the knicks got 63 points. So, from the final, it appears i didn’t miss much in those last 7 minutes.
But this was an ugly game.

With Gallo, at least three times I watched him back out of the paint from rebounds he should have gotten.
He seems to shy from contact.
The dude is 6’10. He should be attacking theboards. He often is much larger than the man covering him.
I’m getting tired of his play

the most steals in a half in any NBA game ever is 8, done 11 different times. none of those were Knicks, so Sergio at least tied an alltime Knicks record in his second game. now if he could only do anything else successfully… :)

I only got to watch the 2nd half and what I saw was Sergio always trying to push the ball and his teammates taking their sweet ass time getting up the court. Also I cant stand watching Harrington play anymore (although Ive mentioned that many times).

Gallo is becoming more Bruce Bowen than Dirk Nowitzki all of a sudden. Finally Lee I love him but his defense really has become beyond embarrassing.

I agree with Jon Abbey that Gallo’s perimeter defense has really improved and there was one play on a fast break where he blocked Ilyasova-I think- and then turned around and forced a miss by the rebounder. Of course, this being the Knicks, they gave up a second offensive rebound for an easy put back (both he and Chandler really have to make a concerted effort to hit the boards- I’d say AH as well but that ain’t happening). Offensively, though, he’s really struggling. He had one dunk off of a very nice drive and one turn-around off of a post-up that was lucky to go in. That’s it. It’s not that guys are freezing him out- he just seems much more hesitant to shoot off of kick-outs than he was earlier in the year- maybe it’s the forearm. Going forward, I’m really not worried about his long-range shooting but he’s shown no real mid-range game at all- something to work on this summer.

The amazing thing was that Sergio with 8 steals and still wound up minus 19. Also, if he keeps his dribble as high as he has the last two games he may give up 8 steals to Rondo. It was kind of sad to watch him constantly looking to attack while the other Knicks just stood around- Chandler and Gallo were especially passive. Hopefully playing with both Rodriguez and McGrady will get guys cutting a little more.

These guys need some more practices together. Before the trades we were basically a Lee centric team, doing pick and rolls and kick outs with him. Now with TMac and Sergio here, we look really different. It’s going to take some time to mesh.